YouTube is experiencing a new fact-checking tool (i.e. fact-checking) managed by the community that allows users to provide contextual notes on videos uploaded to the platform, similar to what already happens on Twitter. YouTube explains that it has limited the testing phase to several “eligible contributors” in the US who will be invited via email or via a Creator Studio notification to test the feature.
In a new blog post, YouTube explains that this new feature, Notes, will allow viewers to add information that clarifies a video. For example, if someone is using old footage to depict a current event, if a video is actually a parody, or if a product talked about in a video already has an updated version.
YouTube’s explanation of Notes
YouTube explains that notes on a video will be displayed “if deemed widely useful“. As shown in the image below, the note will appear in a small flyout below the video’s views and upload date. Viewers of a video with a note displayed will be asked if they found the note helpful, a little ‘ useful or not useful and will be asked to explain why.
“An algorithm helps identify notes that are useful to a broad audience, from all perspectives,” YouTube wrote in the post on the blog. “If many people who rated notes differently in the past now find the same note useful, our system is more likely to show the note under a video. These systems will continually improve as the number of notes written and rated increases on a wide range of topics”.
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